Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 after a trio of crashes in the final laps forced a two-lap overtime shootout. Ryan Newman was hospitalized following a crash.
During the mandated cautions that started the second stage, Hamlin went to the lead while most of the field went to the pits. By the time the race went green again on lap 73, there were five Toyotas in the top eight.
Things stayed pretty much the same until the 90th lap when Quin Houff went into the wall and both he and BJ McLeod ended up in the infield causing another caution. The field went to the pits and when the race restarted on the 95th lap Hamlin was on top with Stenhouse in second. Hamlin stayed on top and won the second stage when it ended at lap 130. Kyle Busch was second followed by Stenhouse, Martin Truex, Jr., and Chastain.
When the third stage went green on lap 135, Blaney got a push from teammate Logano and he took the lead from Hamlin. It took five laps for the Toyotas to take four of the first five spots, led by Busch. The Fords, led by Keselowski went to the lead with Blaney on lap 149. With about 40 laps to go, Stenhouse’s chances of winning grew dim when he was assessed a pass-through penalty when he passed on the inside below the yellow line. He later was spun by Erik Jones, but there was no caution.
The final green-flag pit stop started with about 30 laps to go, with the Chevrolets coming a couple laps later, setting up the drama in the last laps of the Daytona 500.
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